Tag: Environment
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Businesses expected the worst in 2024 — they got ‘the most successful session in years’ | ANALYSIS
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At the start of the 2024 legislative session, Colorado business leaders cringed at the thought of frustrated progressives not just bringing back bills that were killed by moderates in 2023 but pushing for even greater regulation. Yet, as Capitol custodians begin cleaning out the debris…
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Colorado lawmakers criticize state agencies as they look to upend recent environmental rulemakings
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Three years after passing the “Environmental Justice Act” to target polluters throughout Colorado, environmentally focused legislative Democrats returned on Thursday with a similar bill that has a new target — a state government they claim is not following their orders. House Bill 1339, which passed…
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Bill to raise short-term rental tax rates suffers defeat
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A bill that sought to quadruple tax-assessment rates for Colorado owners of active short-term rental properties died at its first legislative committee hearing on Tuesday, even after its author attempted to scrap the controversial tax hike in favor of studying the issue instead. Sponsoring Sen.…
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Large, contested fiscal notes could be obstacles for air quality bills
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As Colorado legislators sit down in the coming weeks to try to fit a large swath of spending bills into a small budget allocation that’s been left for them, three high-profile bills that came from an interim ozone committee face a two-tiered set of obstacles to becoming law. First, the proposals — Senate Bills 165…
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Panel of lawmakers considers whether carbon capture holds future in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As Colorado aims to achieve 100% net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050, leaders of key state agencies argue that they can’t meet that goal without employing carbon-capture-and-sequestration techniques in hard-to-decarbonize sectors. But several environmental advocates — sometimes pitted against fellow environmental organizations — are pushing back…
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Q&A with state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis on banning new oil and gas drilling by 2030
The Denver Gazette interviewed state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, D-Boulder, regarding her sponsorship of Senate Bill 24-159, which proposes to ban all new oil and gas drilling by 2030. The bill would not shut down existing wells but would prevent drilling activities to increase production in existing wells. It also extends liability for cleanup of…
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Gov. Jared Polis’ environmental reports detail Colorado’s progress on air pollution
The governor’s office released three reports on environmental actions taken by the state touting successes and progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The reports include the biannual progress report on Gov. Jared Polis’ Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap; a new statewide greenhouse gas inventory, which updates the list of sources that may be regulated; and…
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Colorado could see one of best wildflower seasons in a while, experts says
Maggie Gaddis has been roaming her usual parks and open spaces around Colorado Springs and delighting in unusual sights. “I’ve seen a lot of species that we haven’t seen in a couple of years,” said the wildflower enthusiast and scientist. The executive director of the Colorado Native Plant Society has seen scarlet globe mallows popping.…
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Colorado has one Wild and Scenic waterway. Could this be the next?
Alongside photographers, Sinjin Eberle once found himself in a rather obscure part of Colorado that seemed to him in every way wild and scenic. The group started from the upper reaches of Deep Creek Canyon, from the same-named lake near 10,400 feet. From there, the stream harshly dropped more than 4,000 feet between soaring limestone…
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Think tank on car thefts: Longer view paints dire picture for Colorado
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While not disputing the declining car theft figures Denver officials cited, a think tank argued that viewing the stats from a longer timeframe offers the public a more precise and comprehensive view of crime both in the city and the state and whether Colorado leaders’ public policy response is working. Denver officials last week said…